6 Traits for Success on Route 66

No – it’s not the sto­ried high­way.  http://www.historic66.com It’s my 66^th birth­day today!  I was glad to “be alive at 65” but now it is uphill all the way.  Actu­ally it feels like an uphill climb many days, but it’s all good.  And what are my insights on this aus­pi­cious occasion?

The num­bers of your age do not cor­re­late with your state of mind.  Still in my 30’s, I’m shocked that I don’t appear as I pic­ture myself.  The mir­ror pro­vides a real­ity check, but I’ve never been con­tent with “present real­ity” as I always strive toward the future.  Per­haps fol­low­ing the path of Ben­jamin But­ton? http://www.benjaminbutton.com

My level of pos­i­tiv­ity is get­ting stronger as I progress UP the path of life.  Notice that I am mov­ing up not down, which indi­cates my eter­nal opti­mistic atti­tude. Another trait I value and try to share with oth­ers at all times – espe­cially those prone to neg­a­tiv­ity.  I feel com­pelled to reshape con­ver­sa­tions that have a “down” tone to one of upbeat pos­i­tiv­ity, for their well­be­ing and mine.  I’ve been told by oth­ers that they feel bet­ter when they are around me.  Must be because a pos­i­tive atti­tude is a more pleas­ant and use­ful energy force than a neg­a­tive atti­tude.  Check out what Will Smith says.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oENmXKKlCAI

Risk-taking is get­ting eas­ier.  I have caught the fever of real estate invest­ing in income gen­er­at­ing prop­er­ties, and hav­ing had some suc­cess with this, I want more.  It does mean putting every­thing on the line when pur­su­ing an even big­ger invest­ment, but I keep think­ing, so what! If I lost every­thing today, I am still resource­ful, resilient and per­sis­tent, and will bounce back as I have always done.  So why stop now? Check out Robert Kiyosaki’s edu­ca­tional method at http://www.richdad.com

Change your per­spec­tive and you can change your mind-set.   Lately with all the cries of finan­cial col­lapse and fear run­ning ram­pant, it is def­i­nitely an effort to resist the addic­tion of immers­ing myself in the news feeds and the scare tac­tics of the media.  At least I have the aware­ness that I have con­trol over what I let in and how I can man­age my life and my atti­tude. I refuse to get caught up in all that so I dif­fuse it with detach­ment from elec­tron­ics and attach­ment to nature.  My per­spec­tive is much dif­fer­ent when I pick weeds and mow grass than it is when I am parked in front of the TV.  If I want to live long and healthy, con­nect­ing with nature will sus­tain me more than the release of stress hor­mones that comes from watch­ing the news.  http://www.nwf.orghttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Why-Be-Out-There/Benefits.aspx

Fol­low the path of least resis­tance and life gets bet­ter.  Work­ing “hard” has always been my motto, but there are moments when I work with ease and flow, and it seems I am able to get more accom­plished in this state.  What a great way to deter­mine if you are on the right path.  Lis­ten to your body and pay atten­tion to your mind.  And is what you are doing fun? Check out the book Path of Least Resis­tance by Robert Fritz.  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449903370/robertfritzinc/104–3216446-2167965  The best thing I did when I quit my “day job” and started work­ing for myself was to be able to make choices of what I would do next based on what felt good.  I did this intu­itively at first, but now I have the work of Abra­ham by my side with the Emo­tional Guid­ance Scale to pro­vide a gauge to fol­low.   http://youtu.be/bmhaAONKBbI

Stay con­nected!  Mar­ried for 43 years and still see­ing my hus­band as my best friend and busi­ness part­ner tells me that I know how to do this. Hav­ing my old­est friend from my early years call me today and talk for 2 hours just like we were never apart is price­less. Going to Jazzer­cise classes reg­u­larly for over 20 years and see­ing many of the same peo­ple do the same thing is a pow­er­ful and healthy con­nec­tion in many ways. And we are all still alive and sup­port­ive of one another.  Fabulous!

So I have been on the planet for ONLY  66 years – and head­ing for another great 66.  Looks like this well­ness thing really does bring results!

Be well on YOUR well­ness journey.

Carol Ebert

carol@creatingwellnesscultures.com

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www.carolebert.usana.com

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